Bill Text: NY A08799 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A08799 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08799-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8799

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 25, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JOHNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits
          for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 2-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2-a. Legislative term limits. Members of the legislature  shall  not
     4  serve more than six two-year terms in either the senate or the assembly.
     5  In no event  may a legislator serve more than twelve years in either the
     6  senate or assembly.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01216-01-9
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